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Quantity Surveyor Deeside (Fulltime) Competitive Package & progression As a Quantity Surveyor in the water industry, you will play a pivotal role in driving the commercial success of complex infrastructure projects. From cost control and procurement to contract management and risk mitigation, you will bring technical precision, commercial insight, and clear communication to ensure projects are delivered efficiently, compliantly, and to the highest standards. At OCU, we lead the market in end-to-end infrastructure engineering across the utilities, digital, and energy sectors. Our unmatched breadth of capability, operational scale, and investment in cutting-edge technology enable us to deliver complex client requirements safely, efficiently, and at pace. Key Responsibilities • Prepare accurate cost estimates and develop detailed project budgets, monitoring expenditure and identifying cost efficiencies throughout the project lifecycle., • Manage tendering and procurement activities, including bid evaluation, contract negotiation, and supplier and subcontractor engagement., • Administer contracts, variations, and claims, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory, and client requirements while resolving commercial issues., • Implement robust cost control measures, producing regular cost reports, forecasts, and variance analysis to manage risk and profitability., • Measure, value, and certify works completed, ensuring accurate interim and final payments in line with contractual terms., • Identify, assess, and mitigate commercial and project risks, working collaboratively with project teams to protect project outcomes. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise • Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, construction management, or a related field, • Chartered status with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS/CICES) or working towards chartered status is preferred., • Previous experience as a Quantity Surveyor or relevant experience in the construction industry., • Strong knowledge of construction contracts, procurement processes, and cost management principles., • Proficiency in quantity surveying software and Microsoft Office suite, • Excellent numerical, analytical, and problem-solving skills, • Strong communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders., • Attention to detail and ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines, • M&E experience desirable but not essential About OCU Group At OCU, we don’t just deliver infrastructure, we engineer the future. As a leader in end-to-end solutions for the utilities, digital and energy sectors, we specialise in safely and efficiently tackling complex challenges for our clients. With unrivalled expertise, industry-leading technology and a proven track record, we’re not simply part of the market, we’re driving it forward. Our work underpins the critical services communities across the UK rely on every day. From accelerating the transition to renewable energy to building the digital networks of tomorrow, we are committed to innovation, sustainability, and long-term impact. When you join OCU, you’ll discover more than a career, you’ll find purpose. Here, your contribution makes a visible difference in the success of the projects you help deliver, in the growth of your colleagues and in the positive change we create together. We partner with some of the UK’s most recognised names in power, energy transition, water, telecoms and digital infrastructure. As we continue to expand, we’re looking for exceptional people to grow with us. If you’re ready to inspire, innovate and lead with purpose, we’d love to hear from you. To ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to join our team, please inform us if you require any reasonable adjustments to our recruitment and interview process is, by emailing

About The Role If you think you are the right match for the following opportunity, apply after reading the complete description. Currie & Brown is looking for an Associate Director in Building Surveying to join our Edinburgh office. Consideration will be given to appointing at Director level should the right candidate apply. The successful candidate will be part of a team of building surveyors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across the private and public sector. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating new business and delivering a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider. Working in this role will involve assisting in the management of client and project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time to a wide range of clients. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration, building surveys and dilapidations. Our building surveying team has a broad-based background, is a highly motivated group with varying levels and types of experience and is the ideal place for you to progress your career in the profession with many opportunities to learn from the team and our commissions. As an Associate Director/Director Building Surveyor your core duties will involve: • Delivery of new projects and frameworks to the business using your external network and through the delivery of compelling bids to clients, • Leading the delivery of projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion, • Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control, • Managing of client/project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time, • Visiting sites to undertake surveys, visiting construction sites, meet with sub-contractors, contractors, clients and other staff as required to deliver projects., • Leading and motivating our team of Building Surveyors to deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner, • BSc in building surveying or equivalent, • Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), • Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external), • Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial, • Experience in the higher education, local government, healthcare and private sectors beneficial, • Significant exposure to, and established positive working relations with, private and public sector clients beneficial, • Well-developed skills in the areas of surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial, • Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute, • A team player with a 'can-do' attitude, • Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and clients alike

Chartered Building Surveyor - MRICS You will work across a broad range of commercial property sectors, delivering high-quality technical advice and professional surveying services. The team provides comprehensive Commercial Building Surveys and technical due diligence assessments for clients involved in property acquisitions or lease agreements with repairing covenants. With over 20 years of experience, they have developed a reputation for providing clear, commercially focused advice and exceptional client service. Deliver a full range of core Building Surveying services, including: ·Undertake Commercial Building Surveys and technical due diligence assessments. ·Produce comprehensive, high-quality reports with clear commercial recommendations. ·Review leases and documentation to assess liabilities and risks. ·Advise on landlord and tenant matters, including dilapidations and service charge expenditure. ·Oversee refurbishment, repair, and alteration works from procurement through completion. To succeed you will bring: ·MRICS qualification ·Proven experience in commercial building surveying and technical due diligence. ·Strong understanding of construction, building pathology, and property law principles As a Chartered Building Surveyor, you will receive a salary £60,000 - £65,000 per year dependent on experience, together w...

In a Nutshell We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Quantity Surveyor to join our team within Vistry Manchester & Cheshire East, at our Warrington office. As our Senior Quantity Surveyor, you will work within our wider Commercial, Estimating and Buying team, you will be responsible for supervising, managing and advising on the financial and contractual aspects of multiple construction projects. You will take responsibility for the execution of the Quantity Surveying function on allocated contract/s, in order to fulfil the requirements of the Company in maximising quality of service and profitability. You will provide a range of cost control and financial reporting duties across all aspects of construction work undertaken by the company. We value in-person collaboration and team culture, but we're also committed to supporting flexible working where possible. We encourage you to raise any specific requirements during the interview process so we can explore how this could be accommodated. Let's cut to the chase, what's in it for you • Competitive basic salary and annual bonus, • Company car, car allowance or travel allowance, • Salary sacrifice car scheme available to all employees, • Up to 39 days annual leave plus bank holidays, • 2 Volunteering days per annum, • Private medical insurance, with employee paid cover, • Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, • Competitive pension scheme through salary sacrifice, • Life assurance at 4 x your annual salary, • Share save and share incentive schemes, • Christmas company shutdown, • Behave in line with our company values - Integrity, Caring and Quality, • HNC / HND in Surveying or equivalent, • Proven experience as a PQS / SQS / Commercial lead working within a residential house builder (dependent on position level), • Experience maybe gained from a similar position or promotion, • A good understanding or building regulations and legal obligations, • A good knowledge or construction methods and materials, • Strong mathematical and IT ability, • Ability to assess and analyse information, • Good business sense, • Good understanding of budget management, • Negotiating and networking skills, • Excellent communications skills, • Able to work under pressure, and accept criticism of work, • Good team working skills, • Accurate with an eye for detail, • A methodical approach, • Degree in Surveying or similar, • Lead, support and coach your direct reports and the wider team to support their growth and development, • Be active in the recruitment of new starters to the team and then throughout the employee life cycle, including holding development reviews and succession planning exercises, • Working closely with other departments, including Land, Development and Construction, you will attend design meetings to advise on all areas that may have a cost implication, • Recognise and advise Site Managers on delays, extensions of time and loss and/or expense and ensuring relevant notices are issued., • Attend development meetings when appropriate, contract pre-start and subcontract package review meetings, • Upon receipt of Contract Documentation, you will be responsible for checking all contract drawings to identify errors, omissions, anomalies and areas where unnecessary cost may arise, • Receive initial tender information and assist in the preparation of the proposed tender lists and updating of subsequent procurement programmes, • Distribute design information packages and tender drawings, whilst preparing all tender documentation and letters including carrying out preliminary checks on subcontractors, • Preparing construction cost analysis, which includes analysis of quotations resulting from the tender enquiry, requesting additional and outstanding information as required, • Assess site staffing levels and build programmes with the Construction Director to ascertain preliminary costs, including collating all cost information and preparing the start on site budget, • Arrange and adjudicate budget settlement meetings, with the support of the wider Commercial team, • Prepare stage payment schedules to assist in the financing of the works, • Carry out pre-order meetings including all necessary Health & Safety requirements, finalising a tender sum and agreeing a stage payment schedule for payment purposes before preparing all contract documentation and placing the order, • Place subcontractor orders, including interviews and checking references on selected subcontractors. You will then negotiate the contract sum within the budget, including finalising costs to cover all late variations, • Issue variation orders and development changes alongside providing cost advice on major variations prior to issue. You will issue revised contract drawings to subcontractors; negotiating the cost of variations including liaising between Buyers and Build Managers. You will provide a full range of pricing information for purchaser's extras, • Check and arrange subcontractor payments, obtaining necessary authorisation for passing payments for all elements of subcontractor works. You will agree final accounts with subcontractors, ensuring all works have been carried out within budget and analysing costs to assist on future estimates, • Take responsibility for the preparation of documents for the basis of external valuation with the client's agent (CSA, Stage payment schedule, Tick offs), • Keep the RAMS schedule updated and issued to all relevant parties, • Preparation of financial reports including:, • Internal Valuations/CVRs and subcontract liability reports in accordance with schedule of accounting period end dates and deadlines, • Margin Analysis reports., • Commercial Analysis (final margin) forecasts and Cost to Complete forecasts, • Cash Flow forecasts, • Turnover forecasts, • De-brief reports, • Compile and present CV2 tender summary sign-off in accordance with parameters determined in the Commercial Best Practice Manual. Compile and present CV1 tender summary sign-off in accordance with parameters determined in the Commercial Best Practice manual. Coordinate the activities of the Material Buyer and Company Estimator to achieve CV1 and CV2 sign-off., • Obtain authorisation to 'let' all sub-contract orders valued over thresholds as noted in Commercial Best Practice Manual., • Place and issue sub-contract orders in accordance with Group Policy and Commercial Best Practice to budget and within programme requirements., • Attend and minute all sub-contract order adjudication meetings., • Compile reports on contract letting vs. estimate for each site periodically, as required., • Liaise with build department on sub-contractors' performance and compliance with order conditions., • Complete sub-contract orders to accord with site programmed build requirements in accordance with Group Policy and Group Rebate schemes and fully adjudicate prior to issue of documentation., • Set up and regularly review with the site management team the PPQA tick sheet to facilitate sub-contract contract work payment., • Control and report post contract cost movements per development every month. Update CV1 and CV2 site specific reports and provide details of all 'unscheduled' and 'scheduled' order revisions i.e. Site Instructions and site purchase orders. To provide such monthly reporting as required by the Commercial Manager., • Review professional fee provisions and statutory service cost, and credits, with the technical department., • Ensure invoices/applications for payments are processed in accordance with Vistry Group Standard Terms and Conditions of Contract., • Complete and agree sub-contract final accounts within 6 months of the last legal completion on-site and prior to the first release of retention to the individual sub-contractors. Join us in making Vistry. #LI-AD1 JBRP1_UKTJ

About The Role Read on to fully understand what this job requires in terms of skills and experience If you are a good match, make an application. Currie & Brown is looking for an Associate Director in Building Surveying to join our Edinburghoffice. Consideration will be given to appointing at Director level should the right candidate apply. The successful candidate will be part of a team of building surveyors covering all aspects of professional and project-related building surveying across the private and public sector. The successful candidate will support project leaders in generating new business and delivering a high standard of service delivery, achieving successful outcomes for our clients, capturing and sharing knowledge across projects, enhancing our culture of innovation and reinforcing our reputation as a preferred service provider. Working in this role will involve assisting in the management of client and project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time to a wide range of clients. The role will cover the full spectrum of building surveying services, including design and specification, clerk of works, contract administration, building surveys and dilapidations. Our building surveying team has a broad-based background, is a highly motivated group with varying levels and types of experience and is the ideal place for you to progress your career in the profession with many opportunities to learn from the team and our commissions. As an Associate Director/Director Building Surveyor your core duties will involve: * • Delivery of new projects and frameworks to the business using your external network and through the delivery of compelling bids to clients, • Leading the delivery of projects, commissions, and professional assignments from inception to completion, • Maintaining effective communication to ensure all information is available for the successful completion of projects and liaising with other managers to ensure efficient financial control, • Managing of client/project teams to deliver building surveying services profitably and on time, • Visiting sites to undertake surveys, visiting construction sites, meet with sub-contractors, contractors, clients and other staff as required to deliver projects., • Leading and motivating our team of Building Surveyors to deliver all work outputs in an accurate and timely manner, • Representing the company in a professional and diligent manner, meeting, negotiating and corresponding with clients to form strong and long-lasting working relationshipsWhat skills and attributes are we looking for from you:, • BSc in building surveying or equivalent, • Membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS), • Good technical writing and communication skills (both internal and external), • Proficient skills in the use of AutoCAD and NBS beneficial, • Experience in the higher education, local government, healthcare and private sectors beneficial, • Significant exposure to, and established positive working relations with, private and public sector clients beneficial, • Well-developed skills in the areas of surveys, project management, clerk of works, repairs and maintenance beneficial, • Well-organised, diligent, proactive, assertive, well-disciplined and commercially astute, • A team player with a can-do attitude, • Outgoing, polite, patient, diplomatic, personable, respectful and flexible when speaking to colleagues and clients alike

Building Surveying Associate / Associate Director Lead a service line. Shape a region. Step toward the board. This is a rare chance to take real ownership, not just another senior title. I am representing a long established, multidisciplinary property consultancy with a strong reputation across the North West. The business is partner led, people first, and built on long term client relationships rather than churn. They are quietly investing in their Chester office and are now looking for a senior Building Surveyor to lead, grow and shape the local Building Surveying function. This is a career defining move for someone who wants influence, visibility and a genuine route to equity. What you will be doing • Leading and developing the Building Surveying team in Chester • Managing and growing a loyal, high quality client base • Delivering and overseeing projects from brief through to completion • Winning work, contributing to bids and shaping service line growth • Working closely with directors on fees, forecasting and strategy What they are looking for • Chartered Building Surveyor MRICS • Proven experience managing clients and winning work • Comfortable leading people and being the senior presence in a team • Strong project delivery background across repairs, refurbishments or alterations • Ambition to move beyond delivery into leadership and ownership Package and benefits • Salary guide £60,000 to £75,000 plus flexibility for the right person • Company car, private healthcare, laptop and mobile • Stable workload with blue chip and public sector clients • Supportive, low churn culture with visible and approachable leadership Why this role will excite you • You will lead, not follow • You will have a credible route to board and equity • You will shape a service line rather than inherit problems • You will work in a business that promotes from within • You will have real autonomy with backing at senior level If you are an ambitious Chartered Building Surveyor ready to step into leadership and want a long term platform rather than a sideways move, I would welcome a confidential conversation. Apply now to explore whether this could be the right next chapter for you

Niche surveying practice is keen to develop its operation within the South West through the appointment of a Chartered Building Surveyor/Project Manager to operate out of Bristol across the South West. Candidates must essentially be MRICS qualified through the Building Surveying Division.

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Job description Senior Chartered Building Surveyor - London You will be you will be supporting the Building Consultancy division and the Regional Director in expanding the provision of services. Provide support and mentorship to Graduate Building Surveyors. Maintain strict confiden

Newly Qualified (MRICS) Building Surveyor Multidisciplinary Consultancy | Waterloo, London | Hybrid Working A growing multidisciplinary consultancy in London is looking to appoint a Newly Qualified MRICS Building Surveyor or someone with up to 18 months PQE into their expanding Building Surveying te

They welcome applications from Chartered Building Surveyors and Chartered Quantity Surveyors who are interested in transit. Chartered Building or Quantity Surveyor – Move into Fund Monitoring Location: West End, London Salary: £60,000 – £85,000 + Bonus + BenefitsOverview A leading construction

Senior Chartered Building Surveyor Manchester City CentreCompetitive Salary (£40,000-£50,000 + Bonus + Benefits)Calibre Search are working with an award-winning, fast-growing Property Consultancy to recruit a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor.

Senior Chartered Building Surveyor Up to £75,000 + Bonus + Benefits | Hybrid (office Tue/Thu) I'm representing a small, rapidly expanding high-performing consultancy in Blackfriars.

Chartered Building SurveyorTower Bridge, LondonUp to £70,000+ DOEThis opportunity is centred around delivering real value, with the autonomy to genuinely influence client outcomes. We're seeking a Chartered or Senior Building Surveyor to join a Central London team acting on behalf of developers and

Senior Chartered Building SurveyorExeterUp to £58,948.

Chartered Building SurveyorManchester City Centre | Commercial Property & Workplace Projects | £40,000 - £55,000 + Bonus + BenefitsAre you a Chartered Building Surveyor or working towards chartership and looking to work on some of Manchester's most exciting commercial property and workplace transf

Chartered Building SurveyorRemote - Peterborough/Cambridge£60,000 - £75,000 A well-established, Claims Management and loss adjusting business is looking to appoint a Chartered Building Surveyor into its growing Surveying Services division.

Senior Chartered Building Surveyor - London Multi-Disciplinary Consultancy - Salary up to £65k We are working in partnership with a leading, fast-growing consultancy as they continue to expand their Building Surveying team.

This is a great opportunity for a MRICS qualified Building Surveyor, from newly qualified up to Associate Director level, to join a firm at an exciting stage of growth in 2026. A leading Real Estate Consultancy is looking to expand their London Building Surveying team.

Chartered Building Surveyor Plymouth - Salary up to £55,000 + Great Benefits Looking for more ownership, variety, and real project involvement? If you're a Chartered Building Surveyor who enjoys seeing projects through from concept to completion - and wants to play a bigger, more influential role

SENIOR CHARTERED SURVEYOR SRVO £Competitive, aligned to experience Hybrid London / South East ROLE OVERVIEW This role is for an MRICS qualified Chartered Surveyor ready to operate with senior authority within a growing consultancy.

Are you a Chartered Valuation Surveyor looking to take the next step in your career?We're working with a respected and fast-growing property consultancy based in central Manchester, known for its technical expertise and high-quality valuation work across the commercial and residential sectors.

Chartered / Senior Building Surveyor – Fully Remote | £60–65k + Bonus. Chartered / Senior Building Surveyor. A well-respected, fast-growing independent building consultancy is expanding its national team and is seeking a.

Excellent opportunity for an experienced Chartered Surveyor to join a high-quality Claims and Risk Management business, to develop and grow the Surveying Services division. We are seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Chartered Surveyor to join our Surveying Services Division. Act as Party Wall Surv

We are looking for a Senior Building Surveyor to join SRVO as part of a growing and highly capable surveying team, delivering core building surveying, project and compliance services across the South Home Counties. Supporting Building Safety Act 2022 related work, including building height surveys a

A leading international consultancy in Liverpool is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor to manage building surveying instructions across commercial assets.

Chartered Building Surveyor (MRICS) – Hybrid Role with Future Partnership Potential. We are recruiting on behalf of a forward‑thinking consultancy of Chartered Building Surveyors and Property Consultants. Get in touch with our specialist Building Surveyor recruiter Finn Luckie in strictest confi

I’m working with a highly respected, multi‑disciplinary consultancy that is looking for an experienced RICS Chartered Building Surveyor to join their London Building Consultancy team as an Associate Partner. Associate Partner - Chartered Building Surveyor. The London Building Consultancy team co

A forward-thinking consultancy is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor (MRICS) for a hybrid role.

A multi-disciplinary consultancy in Greater London seeks an experienced Associate Partner - Chartered Building Surveyor. The role involves leading significant client projects, supporting a team of surveyors, and delivering comprehensive building surveying services across commercial and residential p

Leading UK based built environment consultancy, due to our continuing success and growth, are now looking for talented Chartered Building Surveyors at all levels to join their thriving Building Surveyor team working in a multi-disciplinary consultancy office environment in a vibrant part of London.

A leading consulting firm is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor based in the South of the UK. The role involves providing building surveying services, conducting asset and condition surveys, and managing minor works. Ideal candidates should hold a degree in building surveying, have practical expe

A multi-disciplined practice based in Greater London is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor to provide a full range of services across multiple projects. The ideal candidate will be motivated, possess significant building surveying experience, and be ready to take ownership of projects.

A Chartered Building Surveyor is required for a West End London Oxford Circus location, offering £52,000–£62,000 plus 15% contractual bonus. Deliver building surveying instructions across commercial sectors. Degree in Building Surveying or related discipline.

A leading consultancy company in Preston is seeking a Chartered Building Surveyor to join their growing team.

A leading recruitment firm in the UK is seeking a Graduate Building Surveyor to join its dynamic Cambridge office. Candidates should possess a minimum 2:2 bachelor’s degree in a RICS-accredited Building Surveying course and demonstrate a passion for the built environment.

Are you a seasoned Building Surveyor eager to elevate your career? A prestigious multi-disciplinary property and construction consultancy in London is seeking a Senior Chartered Building Surveyor (MRICS) to join their dynamic team. Chartered Status: Must be a Chartered MRICS Building Surveyor with a